Data Engineer - 12 months fixed term contract
Enara Bio’s purpose is to shine a light on unconventional T cell targets to develop cancer immunotherapies designed to provide lasting benefit for broad patient populations. Our proprietary EDAPT™ platform enables us to discover a novel and differentiated class of cancer-specific targets from the genomic dark matter, which we call Dark Antigens™. We are pioneering approaches to exploit these Dark Antigen targets with a range of immunotherapeutic modalities, including bispecific T-cell engagers, adoptive cell therapies and cancer vaccines. Enara Bio was founded in 2016 and has been well funded to invest in the build out and growth of our R&D efforts and our fantastic team. The company is based in Oxford, UK
Role Overview
This role is critical in building and maintaining robust data infrastructure to support cutting-edge research and operational excellence. You will join the Computational Biology team to design, develop, and optimise ETL pipelines and ensure seamless integration of diverse data sources into our data warehouse, making our diverse data discoverable and queryable.
This role is a 12 month fixed term contract. Our recruitment timeline is as follows:
Application deadline: 5 December 2025. We encourage early application as screening calls may be scheduled in advance of this deadline.
Last screening calls: 9 December 2025
In person interview: 11 December 2025 in Oxford
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement ETL pipelines to ingest, transform, and load data from multiple sources (internal and external) into the data warehouse.
- Develop and maintain data warehouse infrastructure, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance.
- Collaborate with computational biologists and scientists to understand data requirements and deliver efficient solutions.
- Monitor and optimise data workflows for accuracy, timeliness, and cost-effectiveness.
- Implement best practices for data quality, governance, and security.
- Troubleshoot and resolve data pipeline issues promptly.
- Document processes and maintain clear technical specifications for reproducibility and compliance.
- Design and implement an AI agent that uses warehouse data for predictive modelling, automation, and research insights.
Skills and Qualifications
- Proven experience as a Data Engineer or in a similar role.
- Strong proficiency in SQL and experience with relational and cloud-based databases.
- Hands-on experience with ETL tools and frameworks (e.g., Apache Airflow, dbt, or similar).
- Proficiency in Python or another scripting language for data manipulation and automation.
- Familiarity with data modelling, data warehousing concepts, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Understanding of best practices for data security and compliance in a regulated environment.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced setting.
- Experience in biotech, pharma, or life sciences data environments. (Desirable)
- Knowledge of genomic or biological data formats and workflows. (Desirable)
Further information:
The Enara Bio team is driven to make a meaningful difference for people affected by cancer. Our culture is defined by our behavioural ethos:
Empowerment: We promote autonomy across Enara rejecting conventional hierarchy. We engage each other through transparency, collaboration and trust. We each take action with a deep sense of personal and shared accountability.
Courage: We push boundaries in all that we do to deliver on our purpose. We make bold decisions, embrace risk and tackle challenges to advance our novel science. Courage is essential for everything we do.
Humility: We are proud of and excited by our novel science, but we acknowledge that we cannot know everything. Our curiosity drives us to continually learn from each other & the outside world irrespective of our role or title. We give and receive feedback with no room for ego.
Growth: We invest in our people, culture and community to foster belonging as a foundation for success. We embrace individual development to create deeper personal fulfilment and drive stronger collective impact.
We offer a competitive salary, commensurate with qualifications and experience, and a benefits package including pension and health insurance.
Applicants should be able to demonstrate proof of the right to work in United Kingdom.
Enara Bio Limited is an equal opportunities employer.
- Department
- Computational Biology
- Locations
- Oxford Science Park
- Remote status
- Hybrid
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